Robert P. Casey, Jr.

More judge nominations, but Senate votes elusive President Barack Obama nominated four more judges last week to fill vacancies in Pennsylvania's federal courtrooms. The nominations of three jurists — Susan P. Baxter, Robert J. Colville and Marilyn J. Horan — to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and one — John M. Younge — for the Eastern District would fill the current District Court vacancies within the commonwealth. But while both Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Sen. Pat Toomey cheered the nominations, it's unclear how quickly any of the nominees can expect to fill the positions. Philadelphia Judge Luis Felipe...

Who among us was lucky enough as a child to have played with a toy boat in a little park brook or a neighborhood creek? We'd launch our craft and watch in wonder as the swirling currents washed it downstream. We'd chase along, pluck the toy from the...

Three dozen anti-abortion protesters converged Tuesday in downtown Allentown following the release of a third secretly taped video that shows Planned Parenthood officials describing, in graphic terms, how aborted fetal tissue is harvested and donated...

As she's done so many summers before, Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading back to Scranton.
Instead of going out to a rural lake cottage just outside the city as she did during childhood vacations, the Democratic presidential candidate will be collecting...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., is pushing to expand a program that provides nutritious meals to vulnerable children.
Casey explained his proposal Monday at the YMCA in South Philadelphia, which provides healthy meals to children.
The...

Congress is poised to allow bigger trucks on the nation's highways, a move that would "put the safety of our nation's roads into reverse," U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says.
Language inserted into appropriations bills in the House and Senate would...

– Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers said they have "deep concerns" about the details of the Iranian nuclear agreement announced Tuesday, while state Democrats were cautious in their comments on the deal.
The agreement, which was the product...

– When Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey came to the U.S. Senate in 2007, one of his top goals was expanding pre-kindergarten programs across the country.Eight years later, Casey may finally get a vote on the Senate floor. His proposal to pay for...

HARRISBURG — As the budget impasse enters its first week, Gov. Tom Wolf met with at least two Republican leaders Monday while staff-level meetings were also held in hopes of finding a compromise.Jenn Kocher, spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Jake...

— The U.S. House voted Thursday to end a key Affordable Care Act provision targeted by congressional Republicans and some Democrats: the law's tax on medical device manufacturers.The proposal easily cleared the chamber on a vote of 280-140, with 46...

– Lehigh Valley congressman Charlie Dent received approval from the House Ethics Committee last year prior to flying to Nantucket with David Jaindl, a longtime friend and political donor.The flight, paid for by Jaindl, a real estate developer and...

Pennsylvania Congressman Lou Barletta is so eager to welcome Pope Francis this fall he introduced a resolution authorizing the Capitol grounds to be used for the event.
The Hazleton Catholic has praised the pope, saying Congress "should take a...

– A federal agency that provides financing for U.S. companies to sell their products abroad is again facing the threat of being shut down, an outcome that Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and other supporters say would hurt Pennsylvania businesses.
The...

Local congressmen stuck to party lines Friday as a package of trade bills stalled despite an 11th-hour plea from President Barack Obama.
Obama made his final pitch to reluctant House Democrats in a closed-door meeting Friday morning. He's faced...

Federal appeals court nominee Luis Felipe Restrepo moved one step closer to a confirmation vote Wednesday after a long-awaited but uneventful Senate hearing.
Restrepo, who serves as a district court judge for Pennsylvania's Eastern District, was...

As cars whizzed past him leading onto the 86-year-old Tilghman Street Bridge, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey said Monday he sees a growing "urgency" that could help spur Congress to approve a longer-term plan to pay for road and bridge repairs.
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This weekend, Allentown will be hosting the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, and it may feel a bit like a housewarming.The two-day meeting will give state Democrats a firsthand look at the downtown turnaround that local leaders have been heralding. Its main...

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey's push to give pregnant women more protections on their job sites got a boost Thursday from one of the women in his workplace.
Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire is now supporting Casey's measure, which would...

1. In 1990, Santorum defeated seven-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Doug Walgren, largely by blasting Walgren for spending most of his time living outside the district. Later, during Santorum's time in the Senate, that line of attack came back at him, when...

A hard-driving social conservative, Rick Santorum was the surprise success story of the 2012 presidential election, coming from the back of the pack to eke out a win in the leadoff Iowa caucuses. Santorum went on to win 11 states, delaying Mitt Romney's...